Synopsis: experience the traditional way of batik making, which is stamping. Various types of copper blocks are provided to participants to put in hot wax and stamp on cloth. Learn the process of stamping & coloring, color fixing, and removing the wax.

Material: 100% Cotton

Duration: 90 minutes

Size: Square Scarf 50cm x 50cm or Long Scarf 180cm x 35cm

PERSONAL OR WALK IN RM127.20 nett PER PERSON

GROUP BOOKING RM99.80 nett PER PERSON

MINIMUM GROUP BOOKING IS 35 PERSONS

About Hand Batik Copper Block Print Design

This process is the earliest, simplest and slowest of all printing methods. A design is drawn on, or transferred to, prepared wooden blocks. A separate block is required for each distinct colour in the design. A blockcutter carves out the wood around the heavier masses first, leaving the finer and more delicate work until the last so as to avoid any risk of injuring it when the coarser parts are cut. When finished, the block has the appearance of a flat relief carving, with the design standing out. Fine details, difficult to cut in wood, are built up in strips of brass or copper, which is bent to shape and driven edgewise into the flat surface of the block. This method is known as coppering.

The printer applies colour to the block and presses it firmly and steadily on the cloth, striking it smartly on the back with a wooden mallet. The second impression is made in the same way, the printer taking care to see that it registers exactly with the first. Pins at each corner of the block join up exactly, so that the pattern can continue without a break. Each succeeding impression is made in precisely the same manner until the length of cloth is fully printed. The cloth is then wound over drying rollers. If the pattern contains several colours the cloth is first printed throughout with one color, dried, and then printed with the next. Block printing by hand is a slow process. It is, however, capable of yielding highly artistic results.